Pro Bike: Jordan Rapp’s Specialized Shiv

Pro Bike: Jordan Rapp’s Specialized Shiv

The Shiv has a fairly upright geometry scheme and Rapp needed to get his bars as low as possible. He found this short Cane Creek headset dust cap in a spare parts bin. It shaves a few millimeters off his stack height.

Pro Bike: Jordan Rapp’s Specialized Shiv

The quote on Rapp’s toptube refers to his approach to the swim. Last year he lost nearly 10 minutes to the leaders in the first leg but this year he developed a swim-focused training strategy to stay closer to the front.